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Following our last update and our engagement with Stoke Newington residents since 2019, we have now received approval from Transport for London to close Stoke Newington Church Street to polluting through-traffic during the daytime.

This comes after many of you identified traffic and poor air quality as significant issues in the area.

The proposals involve introducing a bus gate outside the Red Lion Pub on Stoke Newington Church Street, which will operate from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Sunday, and will permit buses, cyclists, pedestrians and emergency vehicles to pass through.

These plans are part of our ambitions to rebuild a greener Hackney in the aftermath of the pandemic, improve air quality, and help people to walk, cycle and support local businesses as the borough emerges from coronavirus restrictions.

They will help to reduce traffic, improve air quality, and improve road safety on Stoke Newington Church Street and Albion Road, including at the three primary schools on these roads.

The restriction is timed to balance the need to reduce traffic with delivery and servicing requirements of businesses on Church Street.

The gate will also be the first in the borough to allow Blue Badge holders with a registered companion badge to drive through at any time, after the Council recently revised its policy following feedback from local residents with disabilities.

A further five 24-hour traffic filters, allowing only pedestrians, cyclists, emergency and waste vehicles through, will also be introduced in the area to prevent traffic from using alternative residential routes as a shortcut. These will be introduced on:

Find out more: https://rebuildingagreenerhackney.commonplace.is/proposals/stoke-newington